U.S. sending 3,200 Marines to Afghanistan

By David Morgan

WASHINGTON, Jan 15 (Reuters) - The United States will send an additional force of about 3,200 Marines to Afghanistan this spring to help NATO troops and Afghan security forces confront rising Taliban violence, the Pentagon said on Tuesday.

The U.S. troop expansion, which increases the number of U.S. forces deployed to Afghanistan by more than 10 percent, follows months of U.S. efforts to persuade NATO allies to provide extra combat forces.

Violence has surged in Afghanistan over the past two years, with the hard-line Islamist Taliban fighting a guerrilla war in the south and east and carrying out high-profile suicide and car bombings across the country.

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I wonder what they'll call it this time? Operation Eat Thunder, Crap Lightning? Operation Crazy Train? Operation 12-Inch Pythons? Whatever it is, I just know it'll be manly as fucking hell!

:woohoo:


Kidding aside, man you gotta feel for these guys. How long, oh lord, how long?